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School Choice Program
Knox Street Alternative School
This program is a school level program.
District programs take place in multiple schools and are administered at the district level. School programs take place and are administered at the individual school level.
Basic Program Information
- Program Name
- Knox Street Alternative School
- Program Structure
- Alternative School
- Grade Level
- PK/K-12
- Program availability
- Open Enrollment
- School(s) Participating
- Clover Middle School
- Unique Program Offerings
- Offers an alternative setting for students that may be having discipline, social, or academic difficulties in the traditional school environment.
- Program Mission/Goals
- To prepare students behaviorally, academically, and socially for the rigors of the traditional school setting.
- Program Attendance Requirements
- Students are either assigned to this program, retained after successful completion at parental request, or, accepted to the program upon parental request. Currently, students may not enter the program before the 5th grade and must move on to the traditional setting after the 10th grade.
- Program Fields of Study
- Complete program of studies.
- Program Success Stories
- This program serves approximately 70 students a year. The program success rate, as defined by students completing and returning to the traditional school setting, has averaged 79.1% since inception (nine years).
- Program Summary
- The Knox Street Alternative School Program is a systematic option designed to meet the needs of those students who find difficulty managing the social, academic, and behavioral challenges associated with being a part of a large, rapidly growing school district. Program requirements are very specific, classes are very small, and students must complete requirements before returning to the traditional setting. The program staff provides a caring and demanding environment designed to give these students what they will need to succeed in school and life.
Program Location
- Address
- 300 Clinton Avenue , Clover, SC 29710
- County
- York
School Principal Contact Information
- Title
- Mrs.
- Name
- Mary Paige Hailey
- Email Address
- MHailey@clover.k12.sc.us
- Phone Number
- (803) 222-8072
Program Statistics
- Start Date
- August, 1999
- Attendance (Total Aggregate)
- 600 students
- Attendance (Yearly Average)
- 60
- Attendance (2006-2007)
- 65
- Attendance (2005-2006)
- 60
- Number of teachers participating
- 6
- Total teachers in the school
- 5
- Total teachers in the district
- 405
